GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) Trading Up 10.5% – Should You Buy?

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY)’s share price traded up 10.5% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $99.96 and last traded at $106.5290. Approximately 356,167 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 84% from the average session volume of 2,274,133 shares. The stock had previously closed at $96.38.

Trending Headlines about GoDaddy

Here are the key news stories impacting GoDaddy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Unusually heavy call-option activity added to the bullish trading signal: investors purchased 13,002 calls, compared with typical volume of about 2,345, a 454% increase. Options activity can amplify volatility but does not confirm that a takeover will occur.
• Positive Sentiment: The stock’s move was strong enough to trigger a temporary LULD trading pause, reflecting heightened volatility and rapid buying interest following the takeover report.
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple securities-fraud class-action notices continue to circulate. The pending case covers investors who purchased GoDaddy shares from September 3, 2025, through February 24, 2026, with October 20, 2026 identified as the lead-plaintiff deadline. These announcements largely repeat previously reported allegations rather than represent a new company operating update. Shareholder Alert
• Negative Sentiment: The lawsuit alleges GoDaddy misrepresented its domain-discounting and customer-acquisition practices, including claims involving a $4.99 one-year dot-com promotion. If proven, the allegations could create legal costs, reputational risk and uncertainty around future bookings and customer-acquisition economics. GDDY Investor Alert

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on GDDY. Wedbush decreased their target price on GoDaddy from $109.00 to $93.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Raymond James Financial lowered shares of GoDaddy from a “strong-buy” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $100.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Wells Fargo & Company downgraded shares of GoDaddy from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $80.00 to $76.00 in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of GoDaddy from $154.00 to $124.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, June 18th. Finally, Benchmark reduced their target price on shares of GoDaddy from $185.00 to $140.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $110.07.

GoDaddy Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 561.10, a current ratio of 0.63 and a quick ratio of 0.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.81 billion, a PE ratio of 14.99, a P/E/G ratio of 0.88 and a beta of 0.94. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $96.27 and its 200 day simple moving average is $88.82.

GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The technology company reported $1.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $1.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.29 billion. GoDaddy had a net margin of 17.83% and a return on equity of 660.96%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.41 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that GoDaddy Inc. will post 7.21 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at GoDaddy

In other news, CEO Amanpal Bhutani sold 8,194 shares of GoDaddy stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.19, for a total value of $829,150.86. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 504,553 shares in the company, valued at approximately $51,055,718.07. The trade was a 1.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, Director Leah Sweet sold 325 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $97.44, for a total value of $31,668.00. Following the sale, the director owned 13,689 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,333,856.16. The trade was a 2.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 26,858 shares of company stock worth $2,593,081. Company insiders own 0.93% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. WCM Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in GoDaddy by 1.0% during the 1st quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 3,314,456 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $270,924,000 after buying an additional 33,509 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of GoDaddy by 11.0% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,216,382 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $399,089,000 after buying an additional 319,515 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in shares of GoDaddy by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 2,821,379 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $350,077,000 after acquiring an additional 56,086 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of GoDaddy in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $250,020,000. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in GoDaddy by 9.3% during the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,456,110 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $180,674,000 after acquiring an additional 123,993 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.28% of the company’s stock.

GoDaddy Company Profile

GoDaddy Inc (NYSE: GDDY) is a technology company that provides online tools and services for entrepreneurs, small businesses and individuals. Its offerings are designed to help customers establish, manage and grow an online presence, including domain-name registration, domain search and management, website hosting, professional email and online security services.

The company also provides website-building and commerce solutions that support online stores, appointment scheduling, digital marketing, search-engine optimization, social media management and payment acceptance.